In the pursuit of growth, businesses are pouring budget, time, and energy into driving traffic to their websites. Yet despite this resource investment surge, a staggering reality persists: the average website conversion rate is only 2.35%! This disconnect between upper funnel marketing efforts and down funnel conversions represents one of the biggest missed opportunities in modern digital marketing. While companies obsess over driving more traffic, they're neglecting the fundamental question: what happens when visitors actually arrive?

Growing businesses often face a common dilemma: they need senior marketing expertise but aren't ready to hire a full-time CMO or they just aren’t sure what type of leader they need long-term. The good news is there are two popular alternatives that will help get you where you need to go: Marketing Consultants and Fractional CMO/Fractional Head of Marketing.